Chapter 15 Flashcards
— studies individuals in relation to others and groups, whereas — studies groups them selves, including cultures and societies
a. sociology; social psychology
b. social psychology; sociology
c. sociology; a confederate
d. a confederate; social psychology
b. social psychology; sociology
a researcher is interested in studying how student attended to social information and use it in their lives. Her general focus is?
a. attribution
b. social cognition
c. the internal dimension
d. attitudes
b. social cognition
true or false?
in self-serving bias we blame the environment for failures and give our self the success
True
which of the following is not an element of persuasion?
a. the source
b. the message
c. the audience
d. aggressive brutality
d. aggressive brutality
true or false?
conformity is the urge to modify our behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and opinions to match those of others.
true
true or false?
Gerard Mayberry conducted a social experiment to test conformity
false
true of false?
is a standard of the social experiment the definition or norms?
true
— is the tendency for people to not react in an emergency, often thinking that someone else will step in to help.
a. group polarization
b. the risky shift
c. the bystander effect
d. deindividuation
c. the bystander effect
why do people lend a hand?
a. kin selection
b. mood
c. empathy
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
the conclusions or inferences we make about people who are different from us, based on their group membership.
a. aggression
b. social identity
c. stereotypes
d. ethnocentrism
c. stereotypes
true or false?
Jane Elliot was the teacher who gave her students a lesion about discrimination
true
feelings of decreased accountability and motivation is caused by?
a. diffusion of responsibility
b. social facilitation
c. social duties
d. deindividuation
a. diffusion of responsibility
social facilitation can improve personal performance when..
a. all group members are slacking
b. a person begins to exhibit a “lack of self awareness”
c. a task is straight forward and a person is adequately prepared
d. a person changes their behavior or act in a way they might not normally
c. a task is straight forward and a person is adequately prepared
the tendency for group members to maintain cohesviness and agreement in their decision making is called?
a. deindividuation
b. group loafing
c. groupthink
d. obedience
c. groupthink
the tendency for people to make less than their best effort when individual contributions are too complicated to measure is called?
a. predicted behavior
b. actual behavior
c. risky shift
d. social loafing
d. social loafing
the tendency for a group to take more extreme stance then originally held after deliberations and discussions is called…
a. group polarization
b. conformity
c. social diffusion
d. social responsibility
a. group polarization
the tension that result when a behavior clashes with an attitude knowns as?
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
what two guys conducted the study that ultimately led to the bringing of cognitive dissonance?
Leon Festinger and J. Merrill Carlsmith
the act of knowing that smoking is bad for your health but still doing it anyway is known as what?
Thought suppression
The way a person is affected by another person is apparent in behaviors, emotions, and cognition is also known as what?
social influence
